Sheffield United's academy graduates racked up over 16,000 Premier League minutes last season, the fifth most of any club.

Six former Blades players clocked more time in the top flight than graduates from Everton, Southampton and Aston Villa's academies according to a study by Press Association Sport.

United are the highest ranking non-Premier League team in the study and have the fewest graduates playing in the league out of all of the teams in the top ten.

Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker, Phil Jagielka, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Kyle Naughton and Matt Lowton were the six players who all came through at the Steelphalt Academy, and played 16,554 minutes of football between them last term.

The Blades have improved on their eighth place finish in the 2017 list after Calvert-Lewin established his place at Everton and Harry Maguire became indispensable for Leicester City.

Clubs whose academies had the most playing time in the Premier League in the 2017/18 season